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  What you'll see and do with
 Pack 1

Language and topics covered

We saw children bring their pets into school and draw them for the video.

Language progression

There are 16 short films (on DVD or video), each introducing a very small number of key words and phrases:

1. Hola - greetings
2. Adiós - saying goodbye
3. ¿Qué tal? - asking people how they are
4. ¿Cómo te llamas? - introducing yourself and asking other children's names
5. Los colores - colours
6. Los números 1-12 - numbers 1-12
7. ¿Cuántos años tienes? - saying how old you are and asking other children their age
8. Los meses del año - the months of the year
9. Los números 13-31 - numbers 13-31
10. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? - saying when your birthday is and asking other children when their birthdays are
11. Los días de la semana - the days of the week
12. ¿Qué día es hoy? - saying the date
13. ¿Tienes hermanos? - talking about your brothers and sisters
14. ¿Tienes alguna mascota? - talking about your pets
15. En la clase - useful Spanish words and phrases that teachers and pupils can use in the classroom when playing games and participating in language learning activities.

Showing the character and variety of Spain...

The films bring images of Spain direct into the classroom, to stimulate children's interest in the country's culture and provide talking points about the similarities and differences with their own everyday lives

Pupils will see their Spanish peers at home and in school ; at a lively birthday party, and bringing their pets to show at school - all in the small town of Calahorra.

...with a focus on one small town - Calahorra in northern Spain
    
we see old and new, historic and modern Spain...

Activities linking Spanish across the curriculum

Each chapter of the Teachers' Manual corresponds to one of the video sections. Alongside carefully structured games and activities relating to the new words and phrases introduced in each film section, the Manual provides background information and ideas for discussion points to help teachers exploit the cultural aspects of the film.

Spanish dinosaurs - The film shows Spanish children visiting the fossilised dinosaur footprints which are preserved in the hills near Calahorra. The dinosaurs appear in several sections, speaking Spanish!

An EU Socrates Project

Spanish for Primary schools, and pupils with special educational needs
The project aims to encourage primary schools and teachers of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) to introduce the Spanish language and culture into the curriculum at an early age.

The Project's two outcomes, Early Start Spanish Starter Pack, "Tú y Yo", and the Continuation Pack, "Mi Ciudad y mi Colegio", are now published and on sale. Reference copies have been deposited with Comenius Centres, CILT Libraries, and most LEA MFL advisers throughout the UK.

The Starter Pack aims to help language diversification, recognising that about 80% of UK primary schools that teach a foreign language teach French. The Continuation Pack 2 builds on that foundation, offering carefully planned progression in language, skills and cultural background.

This project is part-financed by the
European Commission's SOCRATES Programme - LINGUA Action D.
The materials are being produced by EarlyStart Languages
in partnership with the Embajada de España.